Sikander "Xander" Rizvi (Urdu: سکندر رضوی‎) is a Pakistani
restaurateur and film actor who is the founder of Xander's cafe. Born
in Karachi to the Jehan-Rizvi family, where his grandparents Noor
Jehan and Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and several other relatives are all
film personalities, he made his acting debut with a leading role in
the romantic comedy Dekh Magar Pyar Se alongwith Humaima Malickâ€"a
role which earned him praise.Sikander Rizvi was born in Karachi,
Sindh, Pakistan to a Pakistani father, Akbar Hussain Rizvi, and French
mother, Florence Villiers Rizvi. His paternal grandmother,
actressâ€"singer Noor Jehan, and grandfather, film producer Shaukat
Hussain Rizvi, were the most influential film personalities of the
sub-continent. His sister, Sonya Jehan, and cousin Ahmed Ali Butt, are
both actors, while his aunt, Zille Huma, was a singer. He is also
known as Xander among family and close friends, and owns a cafe named
Xander's in Karachi.Rizvi started his acting career in 2015 with his
debut film Dekh Magar Pyar Se playing the lead role opposite Humaima
Malick, the romantic comedy was directed by Asad ul Haq and scripted
by Saba Imtiaz. The film was released on the Independence Day, 14
August 2015.Rizvi also played a supporting role in the 2017 war action
film Yalghaar opposite Shaan Shahid, Humayun Saeed, and Adnan
Siddiqui, directed and written by Hassan Waqas Rana. The film is based
on the true story of Second Battle of Swat, also known as Swat
Operation. The film was released in June 2017.
restaurateur and film actor who is the founder of Xander's cafe. Born
in Karachi to the Jehan-Rizvi family, where his grandparents Noor
Jehan and Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and several other relatives are all
film personalities, he made his acting debut with a leading role in
the romantic comedy Dekh Magar Pyar Se alongwith Humaima Malickâ€"a
role which earned him praise.Sikander Rizvi was born in Karachi,
Sindh, Pakistan to a Pakistani father, Akbar Hussain Rizvi, and French
mother, Florence Villiers Rizvi. His paternal grandmother,
actressâ€"singer Noor Jehan, and grandfather, film producer Shaukat
Hussain Rizvi, were the most influential film personalities of the
sub-continent. His sister, Sonya Jehan, and cousin Ahmed Ali Butt, are
both actors, while his aunt, Zille Huma, was a singer. He is also
known as Xander among family and close friends, and owns a cafe named
Xander's in Karachi.Rizvi started his acting career in 2015 with his
debut film Dekh Magar Pyar Se playing the lead role opposite Humaima
Malick, the romantic comedy was directed by Asad ul Haq and scripted
by Saba Imtiaz. The film was released on the Independence Day, 14
August 2015.Rizvi also played a supporting role in the 2017 war action
film Yalghaar opposite Shaan Shahid, Humayun Saeed, and Adnan
Siddiqui, directed and written by Hassan Waqas Rana. The film is based
on the true story of Second Battle of Swat, also known as Swat
Operation. The film was released in June 2017.
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